Every week, our Ocean Hills community of guests who have completed the live-in programme meet online to support each other.

Generally, if you think you've got a problem with alcohol, it's worth checking out further.

As one addict helps another through the raw and challenging days of early recovery, a bond forms, leading to a lifetime connection.

Once people have admitted that they're powerless over their addiction and are willing to ask for help, a new life in sobriety can begin.

Freedom is sobriety and today, I'm going to love it like nothing else.

My daily self-care as a drinking alcoholic looked like this: 1. Gulp litres of water in the morning (I was dehydrated from a hangover) an...

We understand the struggle of addiction and live in the solution of recovery.

When we're sober, the lights are on and the filters are off.

It’s time for my mind to unfold and my body to wake up as my feet tread the grass and I breathe deeply in the fresh, sweet morning air.

Without doubt, this was the best decision I have ever made.

Most privately-run rehabs – like Ocean Hills Detox and Rehabilitation – are run ‘inhouse’, which means you live at the facility for a while.

Anna was nowhere ready to give up drinking but the damage to her liver after years of alcohol abuse forced her to get sober.

In a culture that’s saturated with alcohol and where drug-taking is often seen as normal, socialising without substances can be a challenge.

Relapse doesn’t have to be inevitable. As long as you aware of the risks, you can plan to avoid the triggers.

As using addicts, we’re never just ‘in the middle’. In fact, most of us aspired never to be in that place as it was not exciting at all. Liv

What story are you telling yourself about your drinking and drugging? ‘Everyone does it.’ ‘I work hard – I deserve it.’ ‘It’s my reward f...

Alcohol dealt with everything sad, bad, mad and glad in my life. It was my lover and best friend but it was an abusive relationship.